KALEMIE

kälāˈmē, formerly Albertvilleälbĕrvēlˈ, city (1984 pop. 73,528), Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa), on Lake Tanganyika at the mouth of the Lukuga River. It is a commercial center and a rail-steamer transfer point, handling goods moving between the Congo and Tanzania. Manufactures include textiles and cement. The city was founded in 1892 by Belgians as a military post in their campaign against Arab traders.

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books on: Kalemie  - 18 results

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The Political Role of the Military: An International Handbook
Book by Constantine P. Danopoulos, Cynthia Watson; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Civil-Military Relations--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Comparative Government--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
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Genocide and Crisis in Central Africa: Conflict Roots, Mass Violence, and Regional War
Book by Christian P. Scherrer; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Burundi--Ethnic Relations--History--20th Century, Genocide--Rwanda, Low-Intensity Conflicts (Military Science)--Congo (Democratic Republic), Rwanda--Ethnic Relations--History--20th Century, Violence--Congo (Democratic Republic)
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State against Development: The Experience of Post-1965 Zaire
Book by Mondonga M. Mokoli; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: Agriculture And State--Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)--Economic Policy, Rural Development--Government Policy--Congo (Democratic Republic)
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The Geopolitics of Hunger, 2000-2001: Hunger and Power
Book; Lynne Rienner, 2001
Subjects: Food Relief--Political Aspects, Humanitarian Assistance--Political Aspects, Hunger--Political Aspects
...also rages in Katanga province in the DRC. Fanning out from Kalemie and Kindu, rebel forces are aiming for Lubumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi...kilometers south of the border with Kivu, sought refuge in Kalemie. The RCD requested international assistance to move this population...
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The Dynamics of Cities: Ecological Determinism, Dualism and Chaos
Book by Dimitrios Dendrinos; Routledge, 1992
...and collective actions, behavior at one point in space-time affects behavior at another. Can the actions of a small vendor in Kalemie, Zaire today affect the fortunes of Paris next month? Maybe. But this turns out to be a question one wishes to ask, when looking...
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journal articles on: Kalemie  - 5 results

 
 
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Images of Power, Images of Humiliation: Congolese "Colonial" Sculpture for Sale in Rwanda
Journal article by Tom Turner; African Arts, Vol. 38, 2005
Subjects: African sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture, African--Criticism and interpretation
...of Shabunda, in Maniema. (I have seen one mention of Tabwa, Kalemie, on a list; I was unable to inspect the object because it already...of Zairian soldiers and party officials that Roberts saw in Kalemie, the artist portrays the present. Those were comments on the...
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Zaire at the End of a Reign
Journal article by Colette Braeckman; New Left Review, Vol. a, 1997
Subjects: Right And Left (Political Science), Socialism
...other parts of the country has increased. It was helped in early February when government forces were ousted from the port of Kalemie on Lake Tanganyika. Both on this occasion and in early March, with rebel forces poised to seize Kisangane in the North and...
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Fashioning Sexuality: Desire, Manyema Ethnicity, and the Creation of the Kanga, Ca. 1880-1900*
Journal article by Sheryl McCurdy; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects: Community, Entrepreneurs, Fairs & exhibitions, Fashion, Hairstyles, Human trafficking, Slave trade
...themselves Manyema), while he was involved in the ivory and slave trade in Manyema. They married and lived in Kisangani and Kalemie, Congo, for a few years before settling in Ujiji. Shindos parents named his oldest sibling mtumwa (slave). After his mothers...
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Implications for Health Care Practice and Improved Policies for Victims of Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Journal article by Haleigh Hanlon; Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 10, 2008
Subjects: Assaults, Community, Education, Genocide, Hospitals, Human rights, Humanitarian aid, International organizations, Psychology, Sex crimes, Violence
...decreasing. Between 1998 and 2005, 41,225 acts of sexual assaults against women were reported in South Kivu, Maniema, Goma, and Kalemie (World Health Ogranization, 2005). Notably, most of these rapes, 25,000, occurred in South Kivu which is on the western border...
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Che Guevara and the Congob
Journal article by Richard Gott; New Left Review, Vol. a, 1996
Subjects: Right And Left (Political Science), Socialism
...rebels in this area, chiefly Babembe warriors from Fizi, moved down Lake Tanganyika and occupied the town of Albertville now Kalemie on the western shores of the lake. Soumaliot announced that the town would be the seat of a provisional government for the...


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magazine articles on: Kalemie  - 4 results

 
 
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Inside Kabila's Kingdom
Magazine article by Francois Misser; African Business, May 1997
Subjects: Congo (Kinshasa)--Political aspects, Kabila, Laurent--Political activity, National liberation movements
...begun talks to discuss resuming the service with the Alliance. The Alliance has also initiated talks with the owner of the Kalemie cement factory, Mr Georges Forrest, who also owns an excavating company which is currently employed by the Gecamines copper...
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Blood River: A Journey into Africa's Broken Heart
Magazine article by Nick Smith; Geographical, Vol. 79, August 2007
Subjects: Blood River: A Journey Into Africa's Broken Heart (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...journeys in the history of African exploration. When Stanley first set out, he had dozens of armed retainers. When Butcher left Kalemie on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, he was so frightened that he could neither stand nor speak properly. Butchers account of...
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We Want to Attract Investors: As the Governor of the Richest Provinces of the DR Congo, Moise Katumbi Tchalue Has Managed to Introduce New Initiatives Inspired by Best-Practice Business Management
Magazine article; African Business, January 2008
Subjects: Commodities industry--Officials and employees, London Metal Exchange Ltd.--Officials and employees, Tchalue, Moise Katumbi--Interviews
...facilitate the movement of goods and people. Today, since we repaired the Nyemba Bridge, you can travel from Lubumbashi to Kalemie; this was impossible only three months ago! AB: Visiting major works, receiving dignitaries in Katanga, travelling around the...
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Continental Drift
Magazine article by Jennifer Howard; Artforum International, Vol. 47, October 2008
Subjects: Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...fetid cabin of a river steamer run by the UN. Towns slip by in a sometimes disjointed blur of postcolonial decay--Kabambarre, Kalemie, Kasongo, Kisangani--as Butcher downs antimalarial pills and hopes he has enough boiled water to get him through the next leg...


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newspaper articles on: Kalemie  - 2 results

 
 
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A Lone Journey Down Stanley's War-Torn Road; Blood River A Journey into Africas Broken Heart by Tim Butcher(Chatto, [Pounds Sterling]12.99)
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 11, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Chemical indicators, Indicators and test-papers
...its there" attitude lurking in the background. He begins at Kalemie, a war-torn little town of once-pretty colonial villas, now...its there" attitude lurking in the background. He begins at Kalemie, a war-torn little town of once-pretty colonial villas, now...
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Guerrilla Forces Not Able to Hold Kinshasa: Kabila Must Rely on Foreign Armies
Newspaper article by Ross Herbert; The Washington Times, August 31, 1998
Subjects: Congo, Kabila, Laurent, Kinshasa, Congo
...checkpoints to continue the hunt for suspected rebels. Mr. Yerodia said fighting continued in the east of Congo around the town of Kalemie on Lake Tanganyika. He said foreign troops assisting Congo had pledged to defeat rebel forces but said there has not been...


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encyclopedia articles on: Kalemie  - 4 results

 
 
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Kalemie
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KALEMIE kala me, formerly Albertville albervel , city (1984 pop. 73,528), Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa), on Lake Tanganyika...
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Albertville , City, Congo (Kinshasa)
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALBERTVILLE , city, Congo (Kinshasa) Congo (Kinshasa): see Kalemie . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Katanga
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...connected by rail with the rest of Congo and with Angola and Zambia. There is also steamer service on Lake Tanganyika between Kalemie, in Katanga, and Kigoma, Tanzania. Copper has been mined and exported by the regions inhabitants for centuries. From the 17th...
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Congo, Democratic Republic of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Lake Mweru (situated on the border with Zambia). In addition to Kinshasa, the major urban areas include Boma , Bukavu , Kalemie , Kamina , Kananga , Kisangani , Kolwezi , Likasi , Lubumbashi , Matadi , Mbandaka , and Mbuji-Mayi . The...


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